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The 50 Best Romantic Movies to Make You Fall in Love Again
Stir up those yearning feelings.
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When it comes to movie romances, the best romantic comedies usually get the most attention. And while we'll always love funny movies like When Harry Met Sally and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, that's not always the vibe you're in the mood for. Sometimes, you want to feel swept away in the passion and wallow in the yearning — without laughing to cut that tension. And if the characters meet a tragic separation at the end, well, break out the tissues and have a cathartic cry. (Sometimes a sad movie is just what you need.)
While these movies may be a dying breed today, thankfully, most of the best romantic movies of all time are still available to stream, whether you're looking for romantic films on Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video or somewhere else. While this list of the best romantic movies is not entirely devoid of jokes, their primary job is not to make you laugh. It's to give you all those other good, romantic feels, to show you the grand kisses, to make you pine for that far-away lover and to break your heart in the cases when it all doesn't work out in the end. Get ready to fall in love with these films.
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The Last Letter From Your Lover (2021)
This movie unfolds in two timelines, so you get a contemporary romance along with one filled with great period details and costumes. In the present, a magazine writer is sent into the publication's archives for an assignment, where she finds a misfiled love letter detailing an affair that happened in the '60s. Still reeling from a recent breakup, she delves into researching the letter writers, uncovering more of their story.
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Sylvie's Love (2020)
Sylvie and Robert meet when Robert gets a job at Sylvie's father's Harlem record shop in 1957. The movie then follows the couple through the years, as they navigate their ambitions, their unexpected setbacks and their feelings for each other.
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The Photograph (2020)
This movie is really two romances in one: It follows Mae (Issa Rae) in the present day, as well as her mother, Christina (Chanté Adams), in the past. Is romantic history doomed to repeat?
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
This film-festival favorite, which was nominated for a slew of awards at the end of 2019, follows a woman who is commissioned to travel to a remote island to paint a portrait of a woman as part of an arranged marriage; of course, she falls in love with her subject, and a forbidden romance ensues.
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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
From Barry Jenkins — director of Moonlight, which is its own sort of romance — comes this James Baldwin adaptation. It's about a couple, madly in love and expecting a child, whose relationship is upended when one of them is accused of a crime he didn't commit.
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Phantom Thread (2017)
It's been said that a successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. Phantom Thread shows the delirious, belly-flopping butterflies of falling in love — and also what happens when your long-term partner just gets on your nerves (and how the cycle begins again).
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Call Me By Your Name (2017)
First love is often the most intense, for better or for worse, and Call Me By Your Name captures all of those roiling emotions. Based on the book by André Aciman, it follows the young son of academics who, while on summer break in Italy, falls hard for one of his dad's grad students.
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La La Land (2016)
As its name suggests, this film takes place in Hollywood, and has just the right dose of movie-magic fantasy. The musical follows Seb (Ryan Gosling) and Mia (Emma Stone) as they chase their artistic dreams.
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Carol (2015)
Based on the novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, Carol tells the story of an affair between two women in the 1950s, so you get the pleasure of watching all the sumptuous period dresses and interiors in addition to being swept away by the romance. This film also features an Oscar-nominated performances from Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
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Anna Karenina (2012)
Playwright Tom Stoppard adapts Leo Tolstoy's celebrated novel, with director Joe Wright giving the story new visual twists and turns that make it almost seem like a theatrical production more than a movie. The story follows the upper-echelons of Russian society, and how affairs of the heart can change a person's social standing.
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Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
Teenagers often have the most intense emotions, and that's certainly the case in this Wes Anderson teen romance. It follows two trouble kids who, after they fall for each other, decide to run away together into the wilderness.
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The Vow (2012)
No, not the NXIVM documentary! (This one is much more soul-nourishing.) This movie is based on the amazing true story of real-life couple Kim and Krickett Carpenter; after a tragic car accident, she loses her memory, and he has to find a way to make her fall in love with him all over again.
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Lust, Caution (2007)
After Brokeback Mountain (more on that in a second), director Ang Lee went for a different take on romance with this Chinese-language erotic thriller. The film's about a woman in 1930s Hong Kong who acts as a intelligence agent, but falls for her mark. It gained notoriety when it was released for its NC-17 rating.
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Both Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal earned Academy Award nominations for their depiction of two cowboys who conduct an affair in secret in the wilds of Wyoming. (They lost, but director Ang Lee brought home the award.)
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The Notebook (2004)
Based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, this romance spans decades, flipping between a couple's first blush of love in the '40s and the present-day reality of how that relationship has transformed in old age. And while that may be moving, we sometimes forget everything that happens after Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams' rain-soaked kissing scene.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind breaks all the rules for romances, starting after the central couple has already broken up. Joel (Jim Carrey), still reeling from heartbreak, seeks out a procedure that'll erase Clementine (Kate Winslet) from his memory. The resulting trip through his mind, and memories of his past with Clementine, result in something more poignant than a straightforward rom-com could provide.
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Raising Victor Vargas (2002)
This is a story of two teenagers on the Lower East Side of New York City. Confident Victor is considered a ladies' man, and Judy is looking for a relationship to keep guys from asking her out. But are they a good match for each other?
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Moulin Rouge (2001)
Love is a many splendid thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love. Through a remix of these song lyrics (and many others), director Baz Luhrmann's fast-paced movie musical reminds everyone of what's most important in the world: freedom, beauty, truth and, above all things, love.
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Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Here, lots of romances unfold against the colorful backdrop of a lavish wedding in Delhi. Director Mira Nair is no stranger to well-done love stories, having made a splash with the Denzel Washington-starring Mississippi Masala in the '90s.
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Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
For those who like their love stories on the steamier side, this Spanish-language film follows a pair of friends who convince an attractive older woman to go on a road trip with them (if you catch our drift). It's from Alfonso Cuarón, who won a Best Director Oscar for his most recent film, Roma.
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In Mood for Love (2000)
Wong Kar-wai's romantic drama takes place in 1960s Hong Kong, where two across-the-hall neighbors strike up an attraction for one another. The problem? They're both married, making for lots of romantic yearning.
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Love and Basketball (2000)
You don't have to be a sports fan to get into the story of Quincy (Omar Epps) and Monica (Sanaa Lathan). They're two childhood friends and sweethearts who are into each other, sure — but both have greater plans to pursue careers in basketball. Can their romance survive the competitiveness?
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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
William Shakespeare has written some of the most enduring love stories in history, but what about his own personal life? This film depicts a fictional relationship between Shakespeare and his muse during the time that he was writing one of his best romances, Romeo and Juliet.
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Titanic (1997)
Titanic has all the makings of a boilerplate love story: Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) is from the wrong side of the tracks, Rose (Kate Winslet) comes from high society, and they meet by chance and fall in love. But set against the spectacle of the sinking of the historic ship — and with greatest-love-song-of-all-time contender "My Heart Will Go On" in the background — like Jack, this movie moves beyond its seemingly plain origins.
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
There have been thousands of interpretations of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet over the 420+ years of its existence, and you probably can't go wrong with any of them. But our favorite is Baz Luhrmann's take, which juxtaposes historical language with a then-contemporary 1990s setting and music. (For a more traditional take, there's the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli version.)
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Pride and Prejudice (1995)
Like A Star Is Born, there are so many adaptations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. You could go with the 2005 version by Anna Karenina director/star Joe Wright and Keira Knightley (with Succession's Matthew Macfadyen — Tom! — as Darcy). Or you could try Bride and Prejudice, a 2004 adaptation with a Bollywood twist. But true fan's hearts are with the 1995 BBC miniseries starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. It's not a technically a movie, sure, but you have all day to sit on your couch and watch it, right?
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Before Sunrise (1995)
Director Richard Linklater pulls of a remarkable feat with this casual film: the entire relationship unfolds as the two main characters walk around a European city, just chatting. It proves that great romances don't have to be so emotionally wrought. The film spawned two sequels, Before Sunset and Before Midnight, which follow the same couple.
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The Bodyguard (1992)
There is absolutely no way to watch this movie without standing up off the couch, lifting your arms in the air and singing, "And I will always love you!" The movie itself is almost beside the point.
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Marisa LaScala Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor Senior Parenting & Relationships Editor Marisa LaScala covers all things parenting, from the postpartum period through empty nests, for Good Housekeeping; she previously wrote about motherhood for Parents and Working Mother.
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